Volunteers will be accepting donations of canned or non-perishable food and cash near collection bins in front of Home Plate Gate and inside Gates 1 and 4 staring two hours before and through the second inning of each of the Texas Rangers-Angels series games this Friday through Sunday. (Collection times below.)

All fans who make a donation will receive an Angels team photo. Fans who donate 10 or more food items or $10 or more will be entered to win autographed Angels items. The first 150 donors of at least 10 food items or $10 each day will receive two tickets to an upcoming Angels home game.

Wells Fargo, which will bring its signature Stage Coach to the ballpark to be filled with donations, will match each dollar of cash donations up to $5,000.

“We are thrilled to team up with Wells Fargo for the second year in a row on this event,” said Angels chairman Dennis Kuhl in a news release. “As members of our community, we have a responsibility to help those in need. This event allows everyone to get involved and give to those less fortunate than ourselves.”

Had dinner last night at the Meridian Sports Club in Fullerton at a Family Business Council event and got a chance to talk with Angels president Dennis Kuhl.

Here's what I took away. We're talking about how Albert Pujols hit two homers yesterday. And Kuhl says "Not many people realize this, but we didn't sign Albert for 10 years. We signed him for 20." Kuhl is looking forward to working with Pujols in the 10 years AFTER he stops playing. Kuhl is genuinely excited about the impact Pujols can have on the Orange County community.

Kuhl truly has heart. He truly loves being involved with the Angels Foundation, the Challenger League and the Tim Salmon golf tournament (among lots of other community organizations).

Kuhl is tight with Wing Lam, the founder of Wahoo's Fish Tacos, another guy who understands what it means to give back to the community. Wing, among his myriad activities, teaches a masters level marketing class at Concordia University, and I've served as a mentor for that class.

Now here's a tease: Concordia student Brittany Haxton (pictured -- she's between me and Kuhl, on the right) is working on a contest for Angels fans in which you can win dinner in the Diamond Club during a game with an all-time great Angel player.

I'm a day late with Day 2's entry from the Angels Fan Cruise, well, because… I'll just say it has been a wild, eventful, festive, sleep-deprived 24 hours since I last visited the keyboard.

Our Carnival Inspiration “Fun Ship” reached the Port of Ensenada around 8 a.m. on Saturday morning, and the 2,200 passengers, including the 300 Angels fans and Angels players Hank Conger (shirtless), Mark Trumbo (eventually shirtless) and Peter Bourjos (eventually shirtless) and bullpen coach Steve Soliz (fully clothed) had the day for adventures in the Baja port city – or at least one bar involving a bottomless pit of beers at a bar called “Mango Mango.”.

Plenty happened, though I'm quickly realizing this Angels Fan Cruise, is a floating Vegas, and what happens on the cruise, you know, stays on the cruise.

But the two best confirmed stories took place across the border: a bare-chested, sunning Conger mounted the hood of an Ensenada taxi then Tebow-ed, and Trumbo and Bourjos shed their T-shirts when a fan offered $140 to Angels chairman Dennis Kuhl for the Angels Baseball Foundation. It's all very blurry.

That seemed a peculiar answer. But if there was any doubt about Scioscia's interest in the position, he ended it Monday.

"I'm happy with what I'm doing," Scioscia said by phone. "I have no aspirations to be the GM."

Scioscia said he "always had a good relationship with Tony," but he declined to comment further on Reagins stepping down to accept an unspecified role as a special assistant to team chairman Dennis Kuhl.

Norm Wiles, of San Dimas, has been named the Angels winner of MLB's 2011 “My Dad, My MVP” contest, a campaign that gives fans a special opportunity to celebrate the extraordinary father figures in their lives.

Teams around the league paid tribute to these winners selected from more than 3,200 entries and nearly 270,000 online votes at MLB.com/mvpdad during pre-game festivities on Sunday, Father's Day. But since the Angels were on the road – and winning – Wiles will be recognized after the team returns home by getting to toss out a ceremonial first pitch.

According to the MLB release, Wiles was diagnosed with prostate cancer seven years ago but has not let his condition weaken his spirit or his desire to help others.

“We are honored to announce Norm as our MVP Dad,” stated Angels chairman Dennis Kuhl. “His determination to overcome life's obstacles is incredibly inspiring and his enthusiasm in the face of adversity is truly uplifting.”

The MLB also supports the prostate cancer cause during Father's Day celebrations, specifically with the annual “Home Run Challenge” to support the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF). This MLB initiative has raised more than$36 million toward prostate cancer research. For each home run hit during 60 select MLB games from June 8 to June 19, including all games played on Father's Day, fans had opportunity to make monetary=donations and pledges to the Prostate Cancer Foundation at www.homerunchallenge.org, or by making a $10 donation by texting HRC to 20222. Money raised through the “Home Run Challenge” goes directly to the Prostate Cancer Foundation to advance prostate cancer research.

There's no talk yet of falling in the AL West cellar or spraying champagne to celebrate a divisional triumph. But the Angels are teaming with Napa Valley's Conn Creek Winery for their own wines -- a 2009 Santa Maria Valley Chardonnay and a 2007 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon -- as part of the ballclub's 50th anniversary celebration.

A portion of the proceeds from each bottle sold will benefit the Angels Baseball Foundation.

“We are very pleased with the partnership we have with Conn Creek,” said Angels chairmanand foodie Dennis Kuhl in a media release. “They have a long and successful history in the business and their dedication to fine wine making has really shown through with these two exceptional products.”

The wines are currently being served in Orange County restaurants, such as The Catch, The Winery, Spaghettini and Mr. Stox, and at Angel Stadium in the Diamond Club and the Knothole Club.

"In baseball and winemaking, hope springs eternal every spring," said Conn Creek winemaker Mike McGrath in the release. "At the winery as in baseball, we 'pick' our talent, and 'crush' the 'sphere' in the attempt to be the best while delighting our loyal fans. With this solidarity in mind, the team at Conn Creek tips our caps and toasts the Angels on their 50th anniversary."

Hall of Famer and former Angel Rod Carew has been named a 2010-11 Pink Tie Guy, an elite fraternity of local community leaders who help bring awareness of breast cancer to the business world and communicate the importance of being committed to finding the cure.

Carew, 65, of Coto de Caza, was honored this past Saturday night at the Pink Tie Ball at Angel Stadium in a glamorous night of dinner and dancing on -- yes, on -- the field. (Well, it was on plastic flooring that organizers promised the field maintenance crew would be up by 3 a.m. on Sunday.)

The Angels and Dennis Kuhl, the Angels chairman and 2008-09 Pink Tie Guy, hosted the event that raised more than $425,000 for Susan G. Komen for the Cure Orange County, the local affiliate of the world's largest charity supporting people in the fight against and search for the cure for breast cancer. For more information, visit www.komenoc.org.